AI Hydra Settings Thread
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Can anyone help me and tell me what I'm doing wrong?
I uploaded the 12"AB+ schedule over my 40B. I'd like to drip it down to 25% so as not freak my corals but setting it to start today or yesterday it's not actually dropping the percentages? [emoji47] shouldn't all values decrease by % amount?
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I uploaded the 12"AB+ schedule over my 40B. I'd like to drip it down to 25% so as not freak my corals but setting it to start today or yesterday it's not actually dropping the percentages? [emoji47] shouldn't all values decrease by % amount?
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Orcus Varuna
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Can anyone help me and tell me what I'm doing wrong?
I uploaded the 12"AB+ schedule over my 40B. I'd like to drip it down to 25% so as not freak my corals but setting it to start today or yesterday it's not actually dropping the percentages? [emoji47] shouldn't all values decrease by % amount?
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The acclimation percentage doesn't actually display on the schedule itself it happens in the background during the time frame you set.
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Thanks Orcus Varuna! I think i'm getting it now.
I contacted AI customer support and they explained it to me as well. I messed around with the intensity today when i got home, looks like my war coral bleached a bit today from setting it to 24%. I raised it to 55% and I can see it's much less brighter than yesterday. I'm excited to see how my corals grow.....feels like nothing is growing.
I contacted AI customer support and they explained it to me as well. I messed around with the intensity today when i got home, looks like my war coral bleached a bit today from setting it to 24%. I raised it to 55% and I can see it's much less brighter than yesterday. I'm excited to see how my corals grow.....feels like nothing is growing.
bk_market
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Orcus, I just download your SPS12AWL for my primehd and hydrahd.
Currently running it in 60 days acclimation mode 50% for hydra and 25% for prime. I assumed that the hydra is twice as strong as prime.
The tank is 12" deep and light is ~10" from water surface. it is a mix reef.
Do you think the acclimation period is too long and intensity is too low at the moment?
Also is there an easy way to change the schedule in your setting from ~8am-5pm to ~11am-8pm instead? I can move individual blue dots but that may mess up the setting and take a while. Thanx
Currently running it in 60 days acclimation mode 50% for hydra and 25% for prime. I assumed that the hydra is twice as strong as prime.
The tank is 12" deep and light is ~10" from water surface. it is a mix reef.
Do you think the acclimation period is too long and intensity is too low at the moment?
Also is there an easy way to change the schedule in your setting from ~8am-5pm to ~11am-8pm instead? I can move individual blue dots but that may mess up the setting and take a while. Thanx
Orcus Varuna
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In the iOS app place two fingers on the schedule and it will shift the entire thing forward or backward as you move your fingers. As for acclimation it depends what type of lighting you are coming from but even if it is a little much nothing will die from a bit too little light for a few weeks as the acclimation ramps toward full power.
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andrewbram
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I really wish I had not chosen a four month acclimation. I started this light schedule on June 2 I am seeing very nice color and encrusting but the agony.
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duncanpate1
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So disable it.
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Orcus Varuna
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So I'm thinking, if the acclimation has been ramping up since June, present day it's at a certain percentage above the starting values. If he disables it now, won't it revert to 100% instead of the intensity it's currently set at now? Would that be ideal to shock the corals that way?what he/she said lol
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Just asking thwbquwarion because I started a 4 month acclimation process myself and am trying to understand how it works.
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Orcus Varuna
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Yes he will be about 25% of the way through his acclimation. So if he set say a 50% acclimation for 4 months the light would currently be reducing the intensity of each point by about 37%. If he wants to speed up the acclimation just set a new 37% acclimation for say the next 30 days. There is nothing to figure out with the acclimation settings, it is a straight linear reduction in intensity over the time frame you establish.
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Makes sense when you put it that way....ugh, I hate math. :reading::headwally:
Thanks Orcus Varuna :beer:
Thanks Orcus Varuna :beer:
andrewbram
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I don't think I will turn it off as nothing good happens fast. It was mostly a statement that I like the lighting schedule and the results I'm seeing I just wish it was faster
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I apologize if this has been covered (I'm sure it has). But I've been digging through the 187 pages of this thread and can't find the "Quick" solution. Long story short:
Just installed 4x Hydra 26s over my 6' 125g with primarily softies and a few harder corals. I'm coming from the eBay crap lights. I've never messed with these spectrums or anything besides a ghetto blue/white knob.
Where do I start? Can someone post or point me in the right direction of a good "baseline" value to start with for each of the wavelengths? I know it varies for everyone, but surely someone in here has a good idea of what I want to target with high percentages versus low percentages, etc etc. Thanks!
Just installed 4x Hydra 26s over my 6' 125g with primarily softies and a few harder corals. I'm coming from the eBay crap lights. I've never messed with these spectrums or anything besides a ghetto blue/white knob.
Where do I start? Can someone post or point me in the right direction of a good "baseline" value to start with for each of the wavelengths? I know it varies for everyone, but surely someone in here has a good idea of what I want to target with high percentages versus low percentages, etc etc. Thanks!
andrewbram
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I would follow orca program. I am really digging the growth I am seeing. Although I am an sps dominate system so mileage may vary.
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I think I found that program you speak up. Is it the AB thing? Basically everything minus the whites max out around 70-80% and ramp up around 10am and down again around 10pm?
Orcus Varuna
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Orcus Varuna
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Below is the link to the profile just follow the directions above and change the file extension from .aip to .txt
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Akco_cmvvLNrgaI_daM1bosnUqv21g
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Thanks.
I downloaded one yesterday and changed it to TXT format and it worked fine. However, I went on your google drive documents just now and downloaded/changed to .txt and my director is telling me that the versions aren't compatible.
EDIT: Nvm, figured it out. I had to manually change the coding in the document right on the header from "version 2.0 " to "version 1.0".
Orcus Varuna
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Huh then go with what you have. I unfortunately never had the original hydra 52/26 lights so am of very little assistance. Maybe @Reeftub can help I believe he runs your lights and has converted the profile. Wish I could be of more assistance :/
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